on 9/30/03 4:38 PM, DON SCOTT at rowdon@sonoma-county.org wrote:
> There is an economic factor called "externalities" that needs some
> consideration when people in the United States complain about high fuel taxes
> (and high fuel prices). These unaddressed externalities include the cost of
> roads, environmental destruction, the suffering of maimed accident victims,
> military costs to secure our oil supply, etc. etc.
>
> Here's a short article on this concept:
>
> REAL COST OF U.S. GASOLINE IS $15.14 PER GALLON, REPORT SAYS
Now THAT I can believe. I have seen this in other sources. I was just
complaining about illogical geographic disparities -- the price of gas in
the US is certainly low by world standards, and when social costs are
considered, as described.
Some would disagree, I suppose, like the raving loony whose letter was
published in Classic Motorsport this month...
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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